Crime scene: Sleepless nights
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Sleepless nights |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
SWF |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| classification | Episode 340 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | September 8, 1996 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hartmut Schoen |
| script | Hartmut Schoen |
| music | Matthias Frey |
| camera | Hans-Jörg Allgeier |
| cut | Gudrun Bohl |
| occupation | |
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Sleepless Nights is a television film from the crime series Tatort which was produced by Südwestfunk under the direction of Hartmut Schoen and first broadcast on September 8, 1996. It is the 340th episode of the crime scene and the ninth episode with Ludwigshafen investigator Lena Odenthal .
action
The Ludwigshafen commissioner Lena Odenthal is entrusted with a murder case after a student from St. Ursula Gymnasium fell from a balustrade on the evening of the graduation ceremony . The traces rule out a suicide and together with her assistant Karin Fellner, Odenthal tries to find the background to the crime and the murderer. An anonymous caller ordered the investigator to go to the high school's boarding school that evening. There she meets Anna Maria Henkel, a classmate of the victim who is obviously afraid of the murderer and who hides in the building. Odenthal is sure that the girl is hiding something, but does not succeed in getting her to talk. Anna hoped to get police protection, which Odenthal denied her due to her lack of cooperation.
The investigators learn from the victim's father that his daughter had a relationship with the much older Klaus Lottmann, who is a successful businessman and heads the boarding school foundation. With his marriage he had taken over a renowned furniture store from his father-in-law and has also secured a chairmanship of the board of the local hockey club. He enjoys this status and is accordingly arrogant. In the ladies' world he is also not a food lover, which his wife is painfully aware of. Odenthal considers him suspect, as he was present at the ceremony on the evening of the crime and got entangled in contradictions with his statements. When he became aware of the seriousness of his situation, he revealed the name of his lover, who confirmed that he was with her at the time of the crime.
In the meantime, Anna Maria Henkel tries to get in touch with Lottmann. She goes to his furniture store, but does not meet him, but is only put off by his son. In the end, Charly Lottmann even becomes intrusive and when Anna defends herself against him, she hits him in the head and he remains lifeless on the ground. Assuming that she killed Charly, she reveals herself to the police, but the body is not found in the furniture store, but in his father's swimming pool. For Odenthal this is mysterious and she asks Lottmann, who now confesses to having been blackmailed by the girls. Anna had taken photos and footage of his love affair with her friend. He didn't take seriously the calls that came in and wished him “sleepless nights”, but Odenthal is certain that it wasn't the girls who called him at all. She tries to analyze the last call and finds evidence of a possibly planned act of retaliation. Now Lottmann finally goes into the blackmail and goes to the place where the money was handed over under police observation. There it turns out that Lottmann's father-in-law took up the attempted blackmail of the girls and wanted to teach his son-in-law a lesson in the humiliation his wife had to endure because of him. Lottmann had also taken his furniture store completely for himself and literally pushed him out. He had installed his son Charly, from his first marriage, in his place. So he took revenge first on Lottman's little friend and then on his son.
background
In this episode, Lena Odenthal is supported by two assistants. Karin Fellner played by Ulrike Bliefert and Ferdi Robotka, played by Steffen Münster . In 2007 the episode was also published as an audio book.
reception
Audience rating
7.92 million viewers saw the episode Sleepless Nights in Germany when it was first broadcast on September 8, 1996, which corresponds to a market share of 23.07 percent.
criticism
The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm give their thumbs up and say: "Ulrike Folkerts is doing well at the 'crime scene' gender battle." Conclusion: "Tough TV crime thriller with bad guys."
Web links
- Crime scene: Sleepless nights in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of Sleepless Nights on the ARD website
- Sleepless nights at the crime scene fund
- Sleepless nights at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Certificate of Release for Crime Scene: Sleepless Nights . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2009 (PDF; test number: 119 791 V).
- ↑ Sleepless Nights Audience at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on March 11, 2015.
- ↑ TV Spielfilm : Sleepless Nights Film review by TV Spielfilm , accessed on March 11, 2015.
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